Rene Bejarano

Rene Bejarano (11 January 1957-) was a Mexican politician and professor. He served as PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's private secretary for years, and the 2004 revelation that Bejarano accepted a bribe from businessman Carlos Ahumada contributed to his candidate's defeat in the 2006 election.

Biography
Rene Bejarano was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1957, and he was a political economy professor at the Autonomous Metropolitan University before entering politics as a far-left politician. He supported various socialist and communist parties before joining the Party of the Democratic Revolution, and he was involved with organizing trade unions before becoming Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's private secretary in December 2000. In November 2002, he ceased to be Lopez's secretary, as he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District from the 31st district of Coyoacan. In 2004, he was caught on tape accepting $45,000 from businessman Carlos Ahumada, and this tape was shown on Victor Trujillo's Mananero show. Bejarano tried to pass it off as a usual donation, but Trujillo shouted at him and humiliated him on live television. He was acquitted of these charges in 2005, but the scandal damaged Obrador's standing ahead of the presidential election of 2006. In 2017, he left the PRD.